St. Paul Pioneer Press tech blog by Julio Ojeda-Zapata

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St. Paul Pioneer Press tech blog by Julio Ojeda-Zapata

Halo, Surface PC at Microsoft store

I arrived at the Mall of America’s Microsoft store early today to find this guy camped out in front of the still-closed store.

I assumed he was there to check out one of Microsoft’s new computers, such as the Surface Book or the Surface Pro 4, which go on sale today.

“No, silly,” the dude told me. (He didn’t actually use the word “silly.”) He was there for the “Halo 5” Xbox game, which goes on sale tonight.

I, however, was not there for anything Xbox (not gamer, nope).

I wanted to see the Surface Book, a hybrid laptop with a detachable screen and a weird unrolling-carpet-like hinge. I recently wrote about the Surface Book and Microsoft’s other new products for TidBITS, but I had yet to lay my hands on any of this gear.

It’s a pretty sweet device, turns out. At least, I make that judgement based on a half hour or so with the computer. I’m hoping for a review unit soon.